Over The River

Once Halloween has howled its way past, I begin thinking of Thanksgiving and Christmas. T-day is a bitter-sweet time. The joy of gathering with beloved friends and family is tempered by the thoughts of those who are missing. It is also the time-- more so than New Years-- when I take a good long look at my life and remember all the many things I am thankful for. And the list is long, I just need to make it :-).

Since holidays are so important to me and my family, it will surprise no one that I have written several holiday themed books. If you are doing e, be sure to look up Death In A Turkey Town and Murder on Parade (the latest Chloe Boston mysteries and MOP has many treasured family recipes in it). The First Book of Dreams: Metropolis is  also set during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. If you are still doing paper, look for The Master and The Saint. Believe me, you'll meet an incranation of Santa Claus that you never expected.

Happiest of holidays to all of you and drop me a line if you feel inclined.

It's That Time of Year

I am a great believer in giving the consumer what they want-- but do kids really want this? Or werewolf hair, the cotton candy that looks just like something I pulled out of vacuum? Or Blood Bags-- the liquid candy treats? I'm shaking my head and wondering if we can get by with old favorites like letting kids use a 1/4c scoop and dig loose change out of the dish. Or where are the miniature Golden Books they used to have at CostCo? Perhaps we could get away with full-size candybars.... just anything not to handle gummi boogers and zits or scarbaroni. Ick.
But I am a slave to my public, so I guess I will take a poll and if kids want disgusting, they'll get it.

Another indication that it is Fall is the books the dh and I have available. This book, Halloween, has a new cover from the talented Neil Jackson (No relative, As he quipped, we were seperated at birth and reunited on Facebook). Halloween is a creepy and nostalgic story and suitable for any age. Don't you remember the fun of trick-or-treating and the sense that there was something a little bit dangerous lurking in the night? Do you miss it? I sure do.

While on the subject of dangerous things lurking in the dark, I am terribly proud and thrilled to finally have the first two books of the Narcoscape trilogy available. These story are unlike anything the dh or I have written. Check in the Ebook section of the website for these and other Halloween offerings.

Happy Halloween! And may the guid Lord preserve thee frae ghosties and ghoulies and long-leggit beasties and things that gae bump in the night.